Reddit greatly benefitted from the DIGG implosion (Reasons include issues with power users, censorship, redesigns, etc.) around I want to say 2012 +/-. Similar to how this site benefitted from the Reddit API implosion the other year. For social media applications, success usual comes from a halfway-decent platform + lucky timing. (This is all from memory, so apologies for any inaccuracies and generalizations.)

Thank you for the nuance. Bad data and hyperbole doesn’t help what I agreed is a serious issue.

Walkabout is the only thing I use my Quest 3 for, and I love it. I play every week with my friends around the country and it’s a perfect venue to socialize and have a blast mini-golfing. I joke that I have a $3 a month golf membership because I buy every new course that comes out (Usually ~1 a month) and it’s easily worth it. If you like the Labyrinth vibes you should try Meowwolf, easily my favorite.

Go through all my RPG saves and use all the super powerful items I’ve been “saving” to finally see what they all do.

When a car crashes, there’s usually a magnitude less people impacted then when a plane crashes. But you know what? Air travel is still much, much safer than car travel. Large but infrequent incidents can be much less dangerous than smaller but more common incidents in the aggregate.

Getting to experience improved mental health thanks to having a private quiet place you can think and relax? What a weirdo… (That sounds amazing, I’ll take two!)

There may not be as much of a user spike, but I would think there will be a content spike. How much Reddit content is posted using 3rd party apps, and how many of those content creators are going to swap to the official app vs utilizing alternatives such as Lemmy for future postings?

Mitigate inflation or protect banks from melting down from bond valuations… Looks like we’ll be living with inflation a bit longer.

It always comes down to the money. Reddit uses aren’t the customers, they’re the product!